Combination toilet article



A. WEINER.

COMBINATION TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2O I921.

'ELAQYT/SQQLQO Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

UNITEI) STAIKEE ADA WEINER, 0F EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUIEJIBINATION TOILET ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

Application filed October 20, 1921. Serial no. 569,140.

To a?! w 710m. it may concern Be it known that I, ADA WEINER, a citizenof the United States. residing at Everett, in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination Toilet Articles; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved combination toilet article whichis especially designed for powdering a persons face and it has for itsprincipal object to provide a novelty of this class which is compact andcan be carried in the hand, the same being neat and attractive andresembling a small coin case or purse such as carried by ladies, moreespecially when on the street.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article of this classwhich embodies a powder pufi and a piece of chamois-skin which areconnected together to form a unitary article, the powder pufi serving toapply powder to the skin and the chamois being used to uniformlydistribute the powder or remove surplus powder.

Another object of the invention is to so associate the puff and chamoisskin as to enable the chamois to serve the additional function of aprotector for the powder applying side of the puff.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toilet article of thisclass wherein the pufi is stitched onto the efiective side of thechamois skin adjacent one end of the latter in such a way as to form apocket in which a small quantity of powder can be placed, this puff andskin being covered by attractive material and the chamois skin beingfolded upon itself to provide a compact article which can beconveniently carried in the hand.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the article with astrap which serves, when using the device, to hold the same in positionon the hand to permit convenient and effective use, this strap'servingas a hand strap when the device is not in use and is being carried.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame:

Flgure 1 is an inverted perspective view of the combined article showingthe same unfolded and ready for use.

Figure 2 is also a perspective view showmg the upper side of the articlemore clearly.

Figure 3 is likewise a perspective view showing the puff turned insideout to expose the entire effective powder-applying face thereof.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the article showing it folded and asit appears when not in use.

F1gure 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view taken substantially onthe plane of the line 55 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention, I make use of a suitably shaped piece ofchamois-skin 1 and a powder puff 2. As previously indicated, the puffnormally has its powder-applying face arranged in contact with thechamois skin and the puff is stitched around approximately onehalf ofits circumference to the chamois-skin so that it provides a pocket inwhich a small quantity of face powder can be placed. In practice, apiece of faclng material 3, such as silk or satin will be stitched tothe outer side of the chamo s so as to entirely cover this chamois andimpart a neat appearance to the article. Another piece of facingmaterial 4 will, of course, be stitched onto the back of the puff. Themanner in which the facing material is stitched to the aforesaid partsis immaterial and therefore need not be specifically described.Extending transversely across the upper side of the chamois and stitchedeither to the latter or to the facing material 3 is another piece ofmaterial 6 of the same kind as the facing material which serves to forma pocket 7. It is to be stated here that although it is not necessary,the facing material 3 at one end extends beyond the adjacent end of thechamois skin so as to economize on the latter. This can better be seenin Fig. 5. As before indicated, the chamois is designed to be foldedbetween its ends so as to provide a compact article for carrying in thehand. The chamois-skin is stitched to the facing material as indicatedby the lines 8 and it is approximately on these lines that the articleis folded so as to permit the pufi' to be inserted into the pocket 7 asshown in Fig. t.

As previously indicated, it is desirable to associate with the article,means for enabling it to be conveniently attached to the hand whileusing, ,and this means preferably comprises a strap 9 which is extendedtransversely across the intermediate portion of the faced side of thearticle and is stitched at its ends as shown.

In use, a small quantity of powder is placed into the pocket formed atthe point Where the puff is attached to the chamoisskin and the greaterportion of this powder adheres to the rough surface of the puff. When itis desired to make use of the .latter, it is simply turned inside out asindicated in Fig. 3 and the article is strapped onto the handby thestrap 9 and the fingers extended between the faced side of the puff andsaid corresponding side ofthe chamois so as to permit the powder to beapplied on the persons face. After using the puff, the chamois-skin isbrought into use and serves to permit. the powder to be evenlydistributed over thepersons face. All surplus powder can be removed byusing the chamois-skin. After this, the parts are returned to theposition indicated in Fig. 2 and then the chamois is folded upon itselfand the powder puff inserted into the pocket 7 so that the articleappears as illustrated in Fig. l. When the parts are in this position,the strap 9 serves as a hand strap by means of which the article isconveniently carried.

Although I have shown and described the article as being arranged asshown in Fig. 3

y when using, I wish it to be understood that it is not absolutelynecessary to use the same in this way. As a matter of fact, I found thatit is often desirable to simply fold about one-half of the puff awayfrom the chamois.

somewhat as indicated in Fig. 1 and use this portion of the puff forpowdering purposes. By so using the article, the powder in the pocketformed between the puff and chamois will not be easily spilled. I am ledto state here that if the article is to be used as indicated in Fig. 8,only when a very small amount of the powder will be placed in the pocketas practically all of this powder will e absorbed by the puff.Consequently,

' when the latter is reversed as shown in the last named figure, therewill be no powder to be lost.

Fromthe foregoing description, it will be seen that I have devised anovel toilet article for use by ladies which will enable the powder tobe placed on the face and smoothed and properly distributed. The powderis held in the pocket formed between the puff and chamois and when thearticle is being-carried and is in a folded state, the powder isprevented from getting onto the persons clothing. This pocket may, ifd8- for use, andsired, be utilized for carrying a small mirror. Thematerials from which the article is formed are such as to permit theentire device to be washed and at all times ke t sanitary. The articlewill be found i eal for street use and, the effective side of the puffwill be at all times kept clean by the chamois skin. These, and otheradvantages and features of the invention have, no doubt, been madeapparent by the foregoing description. Also, the manner of using thearticle and construction thereof have also been clearly set forth. inview of this, a more lengthy and detailed description is thoughtunnecessary.

Since probably the best results may be obtained with the constructionand arrangement herein shown and described, this is taken as thepreferred embodiment of the invention. However, I wish it to beunderstood that minor changes coming within the scope of the inventionas claimed may be resorted to if desired.

I claim 1. An article of the class described comprising 'a piece ofchamois-skin designed to be folded upon itself to provide a compactarticle to be conveniently carried in a persons hand, means covering oneface to the chamois-skin, a powder puff attached to the opposite face ofsaid skin adjacent the one end thereof, a covering for the outer face ofsaid puff, the outer face of the latter bearing directly againstaportion of the inner face. of the chamois-skin, whereby to permit thelatter to serve as a protector for the powder applying face of the puff,said pufl being intended to be reversed to permit it to be used.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, together with a pocket formed atopposite end of said chamois, said puff and portion of the chamois'towhich it is attached being intended to be received in said pocket toconnect the ends of the chamois together and to provide the aforesaidcompact and attractive article for carrying in the hand.

3. An article of the class described comprising-a piece of chamois-skin,a wder puff partially stitched around its peripheral edge to saidchamois thus forming a pocket between said puff and chamois-skin inwhich a quantity of powder may be placed and leaving the inner endportion of the pufi free to permit the mid to be turned inside out acinmaterial covering the outer sides of said 0 amois-skin and pufi.

d. An article of the class described comprising a body foldable betweenits ends and having a pocket formed at one end on its inner face, and areversible powder pufi at tached to the inner face of said body adjacentthe opposite end thereof and receivable in said pocket when the body isfolded.

5. An article of the class described com prising a piece ofchamois-skin, a cloth covering the outer face of said skin'and stitchedthereto, a pocket formed at one end of said chamois, a powder-puffstitched around a proximately one half of its periphery to t e oppositeend of said uff, to form a second pocket in which pow er may be placed,the powder applying face of said pufi' contacting the inner face of thechamois-skin to permit the latter to serve as a protector for the pufi',a covering for the outer face of said puff, and a transversely disposedhandstrap connected With the article intermediate the ends thereof,whereby when the powder-puff and end of the chamois to which it isconnected is positioned in the first named pocket, a compact andattractive article will be provided for carrying in a persons hand,

6. 'An articleof the class described comprising a piece of chamois-skin,a covering for one side of said skin, a pocket located at one end of theskin, a powder-pufl connected to the opposite end of the skin and havingits outer face disposed against the covered side of said Chamois-skin,to provide a pocket on the opposite side of the article into which thefingers of a persons hand may be extended, and a hand-strap arranged onthe ,last named side of the chamois intermediate the ends thereof tohold the article in position on the hand while applying or distributingthe pewder on a persons face.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ADA WEINER.

